Bourquin Sporthorses

Bourquin Sporthorses a small dressage/jumping boarding barn with professional owner/managers.

04/13/2026

We are home from World Cup (Yay! It was a wonderful week, but I'm always happy to get home!) and the grass is officially open for business again!

Carl has had, until today, very ambiguous feelings about being hosed down. Today was the first day that he was truly h...
03/29/2026

Carl has had, until today, very ambiguous feelings about being hosed down.
Today was the first day that he was truly hot and sweaty after his work.
[He IS only 3. Truly hard work isn't what he needs at the moment. Just consistently being asked to be respectful and do 'stuff".]
Today I could see his little brain travel from -"water hose is SCARY" - to - "this feels....nice?" - to- "this is LOVELY!"

Just wait until the temps get truly hot little horse!🤣

03/22/2026

I was going to add a song to this video of Carl having a little graze on Sunday morning...but I couldn't improve upon the perfection of bird song, and a peaceful horse on a beautiful day.

03/18/2026

Grazing maiden voyage!

Day 1 of project 'GATE' is complete!It would have been done in about an hour, instead of the three hours it actually too...
03/10/2026

Day 1 of project 'GATE' is complete!

It would have been done in about an hour, instead of the three hours it actually took me, if I had utilized a few more of my brain cells earlier on!🤣 I definitely did things 'the hard way' for awhile.

Hopefully day 2 will find us with a portal to our grass wonderland!

Well, a lot happened today! The main barn grooming stall was successfully returned to service, and I rode Carl for the f...
03/07/2026

Well, a lot happened today!

The main barn grooming stall was successfully returned to service, and I rode Carl for the first time! Granted, I look like a very concerned Muppet, but he was great!🤣
He has mostly (only?) been ridden in jump saddles, and was not really understanding why my legs were touching him so far down his barrel. Minor communication issues, but I'm confident we'll figure it out!

First ride at the home farm, and first canter. Rene reports that the canter is quiet...and huge!I'm taking over the rid...
03/06/2026

First ride at the home farm, and first canter. Rene reports that the canter is quiet...and huge!

I'm taking over the ride tomorrow 🎉🎉

03/04/2026

What a great job Felicity did, both in the class and as a presenter!

Carl is home! He met new friends, checked out his house, and was happy to find that his lunch was already here...so much...
03/03/2026

Carl is home!
He met new friends, checked out his house, and was happy to find that his lunch was already here...so much so that these were the best photos I could get!🤣

07/01/2025

: Movements are easy. Basic gaits are hard. I spend way, way more time working on my horses’ self carriage, posture and expression than I do on half passes and pirouettes. I also spend time on transitions, corners and straightness. And surprise surprise, if my transitions are excellent and my corners are balanced and my horse’s self carriage is beyond reproach, golly gee, my half passes and pirouettes improve 😇

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Gilbert, AZ

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